Receptacle with trays



3 s; l- PRATT ET AL 9 RECEPTACLE WITH TRAYS Filed Sept. 12, 1950 1 INVENTOR GeZ @025 can? fl I'IZZOZ ZBHULW ma ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 8, 1931 p UNITED STATES.

PA N 'Flc E' r SEELY F; PRATT AND ARNOLD H. HANSEN, F nocnnsrnrefnnw YORK, assrenons To Union oz rns'r Ann; CABINET conronnrrou, or nocnnsrnn, 'n'nw YDRK,A CORPORA- TION or NEW YORK RECEPTACLE wrrn raa s Application filed September 12, 1930 Serial No. 431,484;

The present invention relates toreceptacles with trays and an object thereof is to pro vide a simple and inexpensive construction which will move the tray upwardly and rearwardly as the top or cover of the receptacle is opened and forwardly and downwardly as the top or cover is closed.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan View showing the receptacle in open position;

' Fig. 2 is an end view showing the receptacle in open position; and y Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the receptacle showing the latter closed.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, 1 indicates the receptacle body having, in this instance, a rectangular horizontal cross section with a restricted upper portion 2 about which fits a top 3 or cover of the 5 flangedor chamber type hinged at 4 to the rear wall of the top so that the latter when in extreme open position will rest against the shoulder 5 at the base of the restricted portion 2. Y

3o l/Vithin the upper portion of the receptacle body fits a tray 6 having its front and its back walls 7 and 8 declining inwardly from their upper edges. The back wall preferably has a plurality of lugs or'abutments 9 pressed outwardly therefrom to rest 'on the upper edge of the rear wall of the receptacle body to form a'rear support for the tray when the latter is in its lowered position. The forward portion of the tray, when the latter is in the lower posltion, 1s supported by two links 10 pivoted at 11 to opposite end walls of the tray and at 12 to the inner sides of the end walls of the receptacle body. The pivots 11 are arranged adjacent the front walls of the tray and the pivots 12 are arranged beneath the tray and nearer the rear wall of the receptacle than the front wall. The forward ends of these links have extensions 13 acting as stops or-rests and resting on the upper edge of the front wall of the can engage the shoulder 5.

receptacle body when 'the'tray is in its low' est pos tion. These extensions also assist in limiting the opening movement of the cover to take the strain off the cover, and to this, end stop lugs 16 are pressed outwardly from the end walls of the tray to be engagedby said extensions shortly before the cover flange Movement of the tray upwardly and rearwardly to the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is effected, in this instance,by two arms 14 which are rigidly secured to the inner faces of the end flanges of the top or cover and depend downwardly and forwardly therefrom into the lower receptacle,- Each of these arms carries, an inwardly extending projection 15 which are adapted to enter the ends of a downwardly opening channel 16 the tray into two compartmerits; The ends of this channel, by opening at theend walls of the tray, form in effect downwardly opening recesses in said end walls into which the projections 15 enter when the cover3 is swung cover, a horizontal position After a time, ftheTcover-comes to rest as shownln Fig.2, andthetray hes in a horlzontal' pos1t1on abovethecover and the receptacle body 'eX posing the interiorof the receptacle bodyifor access as wellas the tray; When thej'coveris moved toward closed po'sition, the"tray is pushed forwardly until thecentersf13are in advance of the centers 12, after which. the

in the under side of the trayv 6, this channel I i being formed in a partition 17 which divides 'i tray descends of its ownjweight under control of the arms "14 until such tray again rests at the top of thereceptacle body, after which the arm projections 15 pass out of engagement with the, tray and move downwardlyintothe receptacle. It will be seen that a lost'mol/Vhat we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters l atent is:

1. The combination with a receptacle body and a chambered coverhinged to the rear wall thereof, of a tray, having a projection on its rearwallr for engaging the top edge of the rece-ptacle body, twoilinks pivoted. to the end walls of the tray and on. the inner.

sides of the end walls of the receptacle body and havingportions engaging the front wall of-the receptacle body to support the forward part of the tray, and a lost motion con nection between the cover and the-tray for eiiectin g the movement of the latter upwardly and rearwardly as the cover is opened" and forwardly and downwardly. asthe cover is closed. V

2. The combinationvwith.areceptacle-body,

and acover hinged to the rear wall thereof,

of a tnay,.links pivoted tothe forward. portionof the tray andto thereceptacle below saidtray,.andwtivosarms rigid with. the cover Silt depending therefromonopposite ends ofthe tray andhaving. alost motionconnection with the tray. in;rear'of'the links for, effecting the elevationandfrearward movement of the tray h the opening of the cover and the forward anddownward movement otthe tray on the closing of the cover.

The combination with a receptacle body andfa cover hinged to the rear wall of the body, of" a tray. links pivoted. to the tray and to the body below the tray,.andan arm depending from, the cover and rigid therewith; said. arm extending below'the tray whenthe cover isin closed position and. having a portion normally lying! out of engagement withthetray but movable into engagement. with. the tray. in. rear of. the pivots of the linkswhen the cover is being, opened to lift, thetray. and; cause such. tray to move rearwardlyas it moves upwardly.

4.7 The combination. with. a receptacle body and av cover. hinged; to. the rear wall" therea. tray,, links pivoted to the forward portion of the. tray and to: thebodv below l tray; and'twe arms rigid. with the cover and depending therefrom at opposite ends ,etthe tray, said arms having pintles lying l:;elo;.w the-tray when the cover is closed and movable into ngagement with the'tnayin of the k pivots to lift the tray and meveit reanwardly asthecover is opened;

5; Thecombination withra receptacle-body, and aicover hinged to the rear wall of. the

body Oh't tray, 'linltsqaivoteclto the end walls of the tray near the front wallrot the latter and to the end wallsiot'the body-in rear-of the tray pivots of suchlink when the tray 7 153 inlower pos tion cooperating portions on the trayv and the body supporting saidtray against swinging, on the link pivots when the tray isv in, its lowered position, the end walls o'li the tray having downwardly opening recesses in rear otthe link. pivots thereon, and two arms rigid with and depending from the cover at opposite ends or" the tray, said arms having inwardly projecting pintles situated when the tray is in lowered position outside of said recesses, but movable whentho cover.- is opened to 'entersaid recesses, engage the walls-thereof and lift the tray. tocarry it upwardly and rearwardly.

I 6. The combination with receptacle body and achambered'hinged closure therefor of a tray having supporting means on its rear wall to rest on the upper edge of the receptacle when in lowered position and having also downwardly opening recesses or ways in itsend walls two'supporting links 'piv-.'

otedwithin; t-hereceptacle to the end wa'lls and also; pivoted on] the outer ,sides. of: the end} walls of the tray, said linl :s,,wh en the 't'slowered, position, resting on the of: the front wall of the recepv tarlo. tolimit their downward novement and thus support: the trayv at its front on, d. front. wall two I tray lifters and supports projecting in; rigid; re'lat-iontotheclosuredownwardly therefrom and having.

.mcans.iioroperating in and out of the ways to cause said supportsto lift the trayv and swine 1t rearwardly on the links.

7. The combination with a receptacle body and chambered hinged closure thereior of a tray. having; supporting means on; its; rear wall to rest on the upper edge of the receptaclewhen; in lower-ed position and having ward-ly. therefrom andh aving meansfor operl in and out of the ways tocause saic ts toglit tthe' tray and swing it rear- ,r v on-the links, and stops on 2e end walls of the tray d by sahllinlts to limit the upward movement of the tra SEEI Y' PRATT.

ARNOLD H. HANSEN. 

